Baby harness for chairs



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' BABY HARNESS FOR CHAIRS Filed Aug. 5, 1947 w .INVENTOR 5 GENEVIEVE M.FlTZPATRlCK ATTORNEY Patented Sept. 21, 1948 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICEBABY HARNESS FOR CHAIRS Genevieve M. Fitzpatrick, Portland, Oreg.Application August 5, 1947, Serial No. 766,171

2 Claims.

This invention relates to baby harness for chairs and is particularlyadapted to be used in connection with high chairs.

The primary object of the invention is to provide a harness to beapplied to a baby for holding the baby in a high chair or chair.

Another object of the invention is to provide a harness that is simplein construction, easy to apply and that will prevent the baby fromrising up in the chair and falling out of the chair.

A still further object of the invention is to provide a baby harnessmade of a material that can be kept in a sanitary condition.

With my new and improved baby harness the baby is prevented from slidinunderneath the harness out of the chair, and as stated above isprevented from rising up in the chair, but will still have freedom ofmovement.

These and other incidental objects will be ap parent in the drawings,specification and claims.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a high chair having a baby sittingtherein and secured thereto by my new and improved harness.

Figure 2 is a rear perspective of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a perspective of the harness removed from the baby.

Figure 4 is a lay out view of the harness.

Referring specifically to the drawings:

My new and improved baby harness. as best shown in Figs. 3 and 4,comprises a flexible sheet I, preferably made from plastic materials orthe like, although not necessarily limited to this kind of material. Thesheet is bifurcated at 2 to form straps 3 extending beyond the fullwidth body 4 of the sheet.

Tie straps 5 are secured to the body 4 0f the harness at 6 by anysuitable means, as for instance sewing, gluing, or passing through aloop formed on the sheet. The straps are preferably fastened on theinner side of the harness as best illustrated in Figure 3.

The outer ends 9 of the straps 3 are secured together and have a ring 8secured thereto at HI. I do not wish to be limited to securing the ends9 of the straps together, as they may not be secured together and thering 8 may be replaced by grommets secured to the ends 9 of the strapsand adapted to receive the tie straps 5.

The main body portion of the sheet 4 provides 2 a bib, as bestillustrated in Figure 1, and a pocket 1 may form a part thereof, as bestillustrated in Figure 4. The harness may have a finished edging H,preferably ruffled, to increase the attractiveness of its appearance,

I will now describe the use of my new and improved harness for securinga baby to a chair. The straps 3 of the harness are placed over theshoulders of the baby and brought down behind its back, as illustratedin Figures 1 and 2. The tie straps 5 are then passed around the childsWaist and through the ring 8 and around the back of the chair and tiedat l 2. It can be readily seen that this holds the baby down in thechair preventing the baby from rising up or sliding for- Ward, butprovides plenty of freedom of movement of its arms and legs. The body 4of the harness provides a bib for the baby as stated above.

I do not wish to be limited to the exact structure as shown anddescribed, as other embodiments may be substituted still coming withinthe scope of the claims.

What is claimed is:

1. A baby harness for securing a child in a chair or the like,comprising an elongated sheet that is bifurcated from one end through amajor portion of its length to form a full width portion at one end withthe bifurcations forming straps extending therefrom, the full-widthportion being of a width to cover the chest of the child for service asa bib and the straps being of a length to extend over the shoulders anddown the back of the child, a ring member uniting the free ends of thestraps, a tie member secured to and across the bib-formin full widthportion, and bein of a length to extend around the body of the child,through said ring member and about the back of a chair.

2. A harness as defined in claim 1 wherein a pocket is formed across thefront of the bottom of the full Width bib portion.

GENEVIEVE M. FITZPATRICK.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file ofthis patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Name Date Shaw Aug. 12, 1941 Number

